The main focus area for this major is Engineering & Applied Physics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Engineering Physics is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Cornell University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in engineering physics, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. According to College Factual's most recent rankings, Cornell is the best school in the United States for engineering physics majors working on their bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #1 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Cornell.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Cornell was $1,575 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $58,586 | $58,586 |
Fees | $696 | $696 |
Books and Supplies | $990 | $990 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,756 | $15,756 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,964 | $2,964 |
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engineering physics who receive their bachelor’s degree from Cornell make an average of $75,889 a year during the early days of their career. That is 27% higher than the national average of $59,675.
Online degrees for the Cornell engineering physics bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Cornell Online Learning page.
About 15.4% of the students who received their BS in engineering physics in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 18.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics at Cornell in 2019-2020, 38.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 5 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 9 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Engineering Physics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Engineering & Applied Physics | 26 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 10 |
Agricultural Engineering | 32 |
Biomedical Engineering | 48 |
Chemical Engineering | 61 |
Civil Engineering | 37 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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